PKC Group Plc Company Announcement 4 April 2013 3.15 p.m.
RESOLUTIONS OF PKC GROUP PLC’S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Annual General Meeting of PKC Group Plc held on 4 April 2013 adopted the annual accounts and resolved to pay a dividend of EUR 0.70 per share. The Board members and the CEOs were discharged from liability for 2012. The General Meeting also resolved on the election and remuneration of the Board of Directors and the Auditor in accordance with Board’s proposals.
DIVIDEND
The Annual General Meeting resolved to pay, in accordance with Board’s proposal, a dividend of EUR 0.70 per share. Dividend will be paid to shareholders who on the record date on 9 April 2013 are registered as shareholders in the Company's shareholders' register maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd. The payment date is 16 April 2013.
DISCHARGE FROM LIABILITY
The Board members and the CEOs were discharged from liability for 2012.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND AUDITOR
The Annual General Meeting resolved, in accordance with Board’s proposal, to confirm the number of Board members to be 7 and to re-elect Outi Lampela, Shemaya Levy, Robert Remenar, Matti Ruotsala, Jyrki Tähtinen and Harri Suutari as Board members and elect Wolfgang Diez as new Board member.
Authorised public accounting firm KPMG Oy Ab, which has announced Virpi Halonen, APA, to be the Auditor with principal responsibility, was selected as auditor in accordance with Board’s proposal.
Board’s and Auditor’s fees were resolved to be paid in accordance with Board’s proposal.
The Board’s proposals have been published in their entirety in the notice to the General Meeting published as stock exchange release.
In the Board of Directors’ organisation meeting Matti Ruotsala was appointed as the Chairman and Robert Remenar as Vice-Chairman. The Board evaluated the independence of its members and, according to evaluation, the majority of all directors (6 members: Diez, Lampela, Levy, Remenar, Ruotsala and Tähtinen) are independent of the company and of its significant shareholders.
In the Board of Directors’ organisation meeting Shemaya Levy was elected as the chairman of the Audit Committee and Wolfgang Diez, Outi Lampela and Jyrki Tähtinen as members. The Board also elected Matti Ruotsala as chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and Robert Remenar and Harri Suutari as members.
DOCUMENTS
The documents of the General Meeting are available on the Company’s website at www.pkcgroup.com. The minutes of the meeting will be available on the above-mentioned website as from 15 April 2013.
PKC Group Plc
Board of Directors
Matti Hyytiäinen
President & CEO
For additional information, contact:
Matti Hyytiäinen, President & CEO, PKC Group Plc, +358 400 710 968
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PKC Group is a global partner, designing, manufacturing and integrating electrical distribution systems, electronics and related architecture components for the commercial vehicle industry and other selected segments. The Group has production facilities in Brazil, China, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and the USA. The Group's net sales in 2012 totalled EUR 928.2 million. PKC Group Plc is listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd.